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  • Chasing the Italian Dream: Escape and unwind with bestselling author Jo Thomas by Jo Thomas

    Chasing the Italian Dream: Escape and unwind with bestselling author Jo Thomas by Jo Thomas

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Escape to the French Farmhouse comes a deliciously feel-good story about making your dreams come true, set in sun-kissed southern Italy.Pre-order your perfect slice of escapism now!-----A summer escape she'll never forget . . .Lucia has worked hard as a lawyer in Wales, aiming for a big promotion she hopes will shortly come her way...
  • Restart by Gordon Korman

    Restart by Gordon Korman

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The amazing New York Times bestseller about what you can do when life gives you a second chance.Chase's memory just went out the window.Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name.He knows he's Chase...
  • Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson

    Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    " New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Kids won't just love this book. They need it. --Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of The School for Good and EvilEach page crackles as we embark on the greatest adventure of all. --Gary D. Schmidt, Newbery Honor winner and author of Okay for NowEveryone knows there are different kinds of teachers...
  • Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

    Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together.An oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” Muslims are.But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad...
  • Out of My Heart by Sharon M. Draper

    Out of My Heart by Sharon M. Draper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Melody faces her fears to follow her passion in this stunning sequel to the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling middle grade novel Out of My Mind.Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is now a year older and a year braver. But not as brave as she wants to be, as she’s terrified of horses. Even though she loves horses—loves loves loves them—from afar...
  • Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton

    Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cliff Hubbard is a huge loser. Literally. His nickname at Happy Valley High School is Neanderthal because he's so enormous — 6'6" and 250 pounds to be exact. He has no one at school and life in his trailer park home has gone from bad to worse ever since his older brother's suicide.There's no one Cliff hates more than the nauseatingly cool quarterback, Aaron Zimmerman...
  • The Ghost Groom (Texas Titan Romances) by Jennifer Youngblood, RaeAnne Thayne

    The Ghost Groom (Texas Titan Romances) by Jennifer Youngblood, RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A tough football player, a devoted sister, and the most difficult choice of all … After a long, painful search that involved legions of duds, Ariana Sanchez, fitness guru and gym owner, finally meets the perfect guy when she least expects it. Not only can Rennen tear up the dance floor, but he has these adorable blonde curls and compelling green eyes, specked with gold...
  • Tilly's Tuscan Teashop: A gorgeously uplifting summer read by Daisy James

    Tilly's Tuscan Teashop: A gorgeously uplifting summer read by Daisy James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Tilly's Tuscan Teashop, the first book in a brand new series from the author of the Hummingbird Hotel and the Cornish Confetti Agency series.When photographer Natalie Nicholson’s beach hut studio – and everything she’s spent the last two years working on – is destroyed in a fire, she doesn’t think things can get any worse...
  • Just The Way You Are: The perfect uplifting, feel-good read for 2022 by Beth Moran

    Just The Way You Are: The perfect uplifting, feel-good read for 2022 by Beth Moran

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A novel about friendship, romance and learning to love yourself - just the way you are.When Olivia Tennyson – or Ollie to her friends – was sixteen, she wrote a Dream List of all the things she wanted for her life, including a happy marriage and a family...
  • Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green

    Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Faking the best summer ever is a lot harder than it looks...At the start of summer, Jack and Nate find themselves dumped as their respective exes, Dylan and Tariq, start up a new relationship together. Not only that, their exes start posting pics on social media, showing the whole world how fabulous their new life together is!Jack and Nate are reeling...
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    coming-of-age  family  friendship  humor  journey  lgbtq  male-mc  mlm
  • I'll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones

    I'll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The day Andrew Levin arrives at Washington High, Harper O’Malley knows he’ll make the perfect starter boyfriend. The school’s newest band geek is totally in Harper’s league, yet completely out of this late-bloomer’s reach...
  • Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    For Charli Blake, being seventeen is a tough gig.She's been branded a troublemaker, her reputation is in tatters and she's stuck in Pipers Cove, a speck of a town on the coast of Tasmania. Thankfully, it's temporary. Her lifelong dream of travelling the world is just months away from becoming reality...
  • Picture Perfect by Holly Smale

    Picture Perfect by Holly Smale

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "My name is Harriet Manners, and I'll always be a geek." It's the hilarious third book in the No.1 bestselling, award winning GEEK GIRL series! Harriet Manners knows more facts that most. She knows that New York is the most populous city in the United States. She knows that its official motto is "Ever Upward". She knows that 28% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon...
  • The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams

    The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Everybody needs friends? especially a boy in a dress! Dennis? life is boring and lonely. His mother left two years ago, his truck driver father is depressed, his brother is a bully and, worst of all, ?no hugging? is one of their household rules. But one thing Dennis does have is soccer?he?s the leading scorer on his team...
  • Boys of Summer by A.E. Wasp

    Boys of Summer by A.E. Wasp

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Teammates, roommates, friends with benefits. What could go wrong? Boys of Summer is a book about finding the perfect person to ride shotgun with on the crazy road trip called life. It contains a Dolly Parton lookalike, an unfortunate deer versus car incident, and poorly-timed epiphanies. Everybody leaves. That was the first lesson Thunder goalie James McVicker ever learned...
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    friendship  humor  journey  lgbtq  mlm  sports  action-adventure  adult
  • The History of Us by Nyrae Dawn

    The History of Us by Nyrae Dawn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes it's not about coming out, it's about settling in. Eighteen-year-old Bradley Collins came out a year ago and hasn't looked back since. Who cares if he doesn't know any other gay people? Bradley has friends and basketball-that's all he needs. Even if that means always sitting on the sidelines when the guys go out looking for girls...
  • In Your Dreams by Robin Jones Gunn

    In Your Dreams by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the bestselling author of The Christy Miller Series, this series centers around Christy Miller's friend Sierra Jensen. Sierra is a spunky and bold sixteen-year-old with big dreams and unconventional clothes. Today's teens can truly relate to what is going on in Sierra's life -- whether it's friendships, dating, or learning to trust in God...
  • Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle

    Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The sequel to Better Nate Than Ever —a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2013, Publishers Weekly Flying Start and Best Book of 2013, and Amazon Best Book of 2013 ★ “This is an encore performance that will leave them standing in the aisles.” —Kirkus (starred review) ★ “[W]ill appeal to every budding theater geek...
  • The Other Side of Lost by Jessi Kirby

    The Other Side of Lost by Jessi Kirby

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Girl Online meets Wild in this emotionally charged story of girl who takes to the wilderness to rediscover herself and escape the superficial persona she created on social media.Mari Turner’s life is perfect. That is, at least to her thousands of followers who have helped her become an internet starlet...
  • This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

    This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sloane isn't expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida—especially not a group of friends so intense, so in love, so all-consuming. Yet that's exactly what happens. Sloane becomes closest to Vera, a social-media star who lights up any room, and Gabe, Vera's twin brother and the most serious person Sloane's ever met...
  • So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones

    So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York's social darling just woke up in a nightmare: Oklahoma. Problem is, it's right where God wants her. Bella Kirkwood had it all: A-list friends at her prestigious private school, Broadway in her backyard, and Daddy's MasterCard in her wallet. Then her father, a plastic surgeon to the stars, decided to trade her mother in for a newer model...
  • I'm With Stupid by Geoff Herbach, Nick Podehl

    I'm With Stupid by Geoff Herbach, Nick Podehl

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Deep, moving, LOL funny, and completely original.” – School Library Journal on Nothing SpecialFelton Reinstein has never been good with stress. Which is why he's seriously freaking out. Revealing his college choice on national TV? It's a heart attack waiting to happen. Deciding on a major for the next four years of his life? Ridiculous. He barely even knows who he is outside of football. And so.
  • Better by Carey Heywood

    Better by Carey Heywood

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ** inspired by actual events ** Aubrey is embarking on a bucket list trip around the world, the last wish of her Aunt Ally. It was supposed to be the trip Ally would take when she got better. Now it's just a chance for Aubrey to say goodbye. Adam escapes in his solo trips overseas, working just enough to fund the next one. When the opportunity to circle the globe falls in his lap he can't refuse...
  • Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow by Benjamin Dean

    Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow by Benjamin Dean

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name’s Archie Albright, and I know two things for certain: 1. My mum and dad kind of hate each other, and they’re not doing a great job of pretending that they don’t anymore. 2. They’re both keeping a secret from me, but I can’t figure out what.Things aren't going great for Archie Albright...
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    lgbtq  family  friendship  poc-mc  realistic  mlm  humor  middle-grade
  • Stick by Andrew Smith

    Stick by Andrew Smith

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fourteen-year-old Stark McClellan (nicknamed Stick because he’s tall and thin) is bullied for being “deformed” – he was born with only one ear. His older brother Bosten is always there to defend Stick. But the boys can’t defend one another from their abusive parents. When Stick realizes Bosten is gay, he knows that to survive his father's anger, Bosten must leave home...
  • A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

    A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power of art, and above all, the courage and resilience of the human spirit...
  • Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty

    Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    How would you spend five million dollars in 30 days? A billionaire's wallet, a bizarre challenge, and an unlikely friendship send two kids on a wild adventure. From the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl .Felix Rannells and Benji Porter were never supposed to be field-trip partners. Felix is a rule follower. Benji is a rule bender. They're not friends...
  • Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita

    Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Sam's best friend gets her first boyfriend, she's not ready to spend the summer listening to the two of them call each other "pookie." Sick of being a third wheel, Sam applies to be a counselor-in-training at Whispering Pines camp in the New York Catskills. But what she doesn't realize is that it's not going to be all Kumbaya sing-alongs and gooey s'mores...
  • Faceless by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

    Faceless by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Maisie Winters wakes up, she’s in the hospital.The last thing she remembers is running through the hills of her neighborhood one misty morning. Slowly, she puts the pieces together. Before she could make it home, a storm gathered. Lightning hit a power line and sparks rained down, the hot-burning electrical fire consuming her. Destroying her face...
  • Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick

    Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Sometimes, the greatest comebacks take place far away from the ball field.Meet Peter Friedman, high school freshman. Talented photographer. Former baseball star. When a freakish injury ends his pitching career, Peter has some major things to figure out...
  • Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud

    Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An electrifying novel of an unconventional family in Trinidad mended by their individual, and collective, quests for loveAfter Betty Ramdin's husband dies, she invites a colleague, Mr. Chetan, to move in with her and her son, Solo. Over time, the three become a family, loving each other deeply and depending upon one another. Then, one fateful night, Solo overhears Betty confiding in Mr...
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    drama  family  friendship  grief  journey  lgbtq  poc-mc  realistic
  • Winger by Andrew Smith

    Winger by Andrew Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy...
  • Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff

    Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in fifth grade, when a freak accident on Cedar Lake left one kid dead, and Trent with a brain full of terrible thoughts he can't get rid of...
  • Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

    Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you're only in the eighth grade, you're both a threat and a target. Marcus knows what classmates and teachers see when they look at him: a monster.But appearances are deceiving. At home, Marcus is a devoted brother...
  • Bangkok: The Journal by Moemoe Rizal, Ibnu Rizal

    Bangkok: The Journal by Moemoe Rizal, Ibnu Rizal

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Pembaca tersayang, Siapkan paspormu dan biarkan cerita bergulir. BANGKOK mengantar sepasang kakak dan adik pada teka-teki yang ditebar sang ibu di kota itu. Betapa perjalanan tidak hanya mempertemukan keduanya dengan hal-hal baru, tetapi juga jejak diri di masa lalu. Di kota ini, Moemoe Rizal (penulis Jump dan Fly to The Sky) membawa Edvan dan adiknya bertemu dengan takdirnya masing-masing...
  • Riding with Brighton by Haven Francis

    Riding with Brighton by Haven Francis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the small town of Spring Valley, molds weren’t made to be broken, and high school senior Jay Hall’s been living comfortably in his popular jock one since adolescence. If it weren’t for the colorful, outspoken artistic anomaly Brighton Bello-Adler, he might have been willing to remain there...
  • Painting the Black by Carl Deuker

    Painting the Black by Carl Deuker

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a hard ball is coming at you fast, and when it's dancing, too, every single nerve in your body is alert and ready. Your eyes are wide open, and the adrenaline is pumping. It's not a feeling you want to give up, any more than you want to get off a roller coaster...
  • Only One Boy by Maggie Dallen

    Only One Boy by Maggie Dallen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's only one boy Celia would NOT want to be stuck sitting next to on this interminably long train ride. So guess who just walked on board…Clearly the universe has a sick sense of humor. That's the only explanation Celia can come up with when she finds herself alone on a train with her crush since second grade. Maybe some girls would call this fate. Destiny, even. But Celia knows better...
  • Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly

    Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F***ing World in this dark young adult comedy about four unlikely friends dealing with the messy side of grief who embark on a road trip to Graceland.Asher Hunting wants revenge.Specifically, he wants revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom and got off on a technicality...
  • Home Again by Ana Newfolk, Ana Ashley

    Home Again by Ana Newfolk, Ana Ashley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They used to be best friends… can they ever be more?Joel's entire world has come crashing down.When he finds himself back home to scatter the ashes of his parents, he doesn't know how his heart can ever feel love after the loss of his family.David has been baking since he was a teenager.While he's been running the family café, love has taken a backseat in his life...
  • Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

    Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    "How about a story? Spin us a yarn."Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned."Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!"And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic...
  • Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman

    Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Anise Sawyer plans to spend every minute of summer with her friends: surfing, chowing down on fish tacos drizzled with wasabi balsamic vinegar, and throwing bonfires that blaze until dawn...
  • Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez

    Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jason Carrillo came out to his basketball team senior year and lost his university scholarship. Now, with graduation behind him and summer ending, he's asked to speak at the opening of a gay and lesbian high school across the country...
  • Pop by Gordon Korman

    Pop by Gordon Korman

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Pop delivers suspense, humor, sports action, and a compelling look at the damage those "pop"s in football can causeGordon Korman's books appeal to a wide range of kids and adults and can pull in even reluctant readers. Share Pop in your home or classroom; sports fans in particular won't be able to put it down.When Marcus moves to a new town in the dead of summer, he doesn't know a soul...
  • Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes

    Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Gaby daydreams to tune out her parents’ arguments, but when her parents divorce and she begins a new school, daydreaming gets her into trouble. Her mother scolds her for it, her teacher keeps telling her to pay attention, and the other kids tease her...until she finds a friend who also daydreams and her teacher decides to work a daydreaming-writing session into every school day...
  • Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo

    Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hand this utterly unique contemporary YA to anyone who loves ballet or is a little too wrapped up in their Plan A. (It's okay to fail, people!) Harper had a plan. It went south. Harper Scott is a dancer. She and her best friend, Kate, have one goal: becoming professional ballerinas...
  • Dead Ends by Erin Jade Lange

    Dead Ends by Erin Jade Lange

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dane Washington is one suspension away from expulsion. In a high school full of “haves,” being a “have not” makes Dane feel like life is hurtling toward one big dead end. Billy D. spends his high school days in Special Ed and he’s not exactly a “have” himself. The biggest thing Billy’s missing? His dad...
  • Personal Effects by E.M. Kokie

    Personal Effects by E.M. Kokie

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ever since his brother, T.J., was killed in Iraq, Matt feels like he’s been sleepwalking through life — failing classes, getting into fights, and avoiding his dad’s lectures about following in his brother’s footsteps. T.J.’s gone, but Matt can’t shake the feeling that if only he could get his hands on his brother’s stuff from Iraq, he’d be able to make sense of his death...
  • Nothing Special by Geoff Herbach

    Nothing Special by Geoff Herbach

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Stupid Number of Awards for Geoff Herbach's Stupid Fast- ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection - YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults - 2011 Cybils Award Winner, Young Adult Fiction - Junior library Guild Selection - ABA Best Books Hey Aleah, I miss you. Because there's some serious donkey crap going on right now. I'm supposed to be at football camp, but noooo ..
  • Start Here by Trish Doller

    Start Here by Trish Doller

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two teens go on a life-changing sailing trip as they deal with the grief of losing their best friend in this heartwrenching, hopeful novel from the author of Something Like Normal and In a Perfect World .Willa and Taylor were supposed to spend the summer after high school sailing from Ohio to Key West with their best friend, Finley...
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